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| title = Batman | | title = Batman | ||
| image = batman.png | | image = batman.png | ||
− | | titletext = I'm really worried Christopher Nolan will kill a man dressed like a bat in his next movie. (The man will be dressed like a bat, I mean. Christopher Nolan won't be, probably. | + | | imagesize = |
+ | | titletext = I'm really worried Christopher Nolan will kill a man dressed like a bat in his next movie. (The man will be dressed like a bat, I mean. Christopher Nolan won't be, probably. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is a reference to the comic book and movie character {{w|Batman}}, who is actually wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne, as we see on the left being referenced as "Master Wayne" by his butler Alfred. Batman, in contrast to {{w|Superman}} and other comic book heroes, has no superpowers | + | This comic is a reference to the comic book and movie character {{w|Batman}}, who is actually wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne, as we see on the left being referenced as "Master Wayne" by his butler Alfred. Batman, in contrast to {{w|Superman}} and other comic book heroes, has no superpowers — he's just an ordinary guy in a bat costume, or "a man dressed like a bat." Despite the accuracy of this description, it sounds pretty stupid if you take a serious line and "Batman" with "a man dressed like a bat." |
− | + | In the middle is the stick figure representation of Batman and on the right is the Joker, as played by the late Heath Ledger. Each of these is an actual scene from a Batman film, with the subject text replaced. In this way, [[Randall]] is pointing out that he Batman commands a lot of respect and fear considering that all he is is a man in a costume. | |
− | + | The in title text, Randall expressess his fear that Christopher Nolan (the director/producer/writer of the latest Batman trilogy) will kill Batman off in the next movie (''{{w|Dark Knight Rises}}''). Of course, Randall substitutes for "Batman" as in the comic. This causes a grammatical ambiguity which Randall points out where the "dressed like a bat" could apply to the "man" or to Nolan. A similar ambiguity explicitly discussed in the title text of [[1087: Cirith Ungol]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[The center circle has a close-up on Batman in his cowl.] | :[The center circle has a close-up on Batman in his cowl.] | ||
− | : | + | :Someone off-screen: ''What the hell are you?'' |
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:Batman: I'm a man dressed like a bat. | :Batman: I'm a man dressed like a bat. | ||
:[In the right circle is The Joker.] | :[In the right circle is The Joker.] | ||
:Off-screen: ''What do you propose?'' | :Off-screen: ''What do you propose?'' | ||
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− | : | + | :Joker: It"s simple - we kill a man dressed like a bat. |
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:My Hobby: Whenever anyone says "Batman," I mentally replace it with "a man dressed like a bat." | :My Hobby: Whenever anyone says "Batman," I mentally replace it with "a man dressed like a bat." | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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+ | :<small>For more discussion see the explainxkcd.com [http://www.explainxkcd.com/2012/01/16/batman/#comments blog comments].</small> | ||
[[Category:My Hobby]] | [[Category:My Hobby]] | ||
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